Deaths at Border Reason Enough to Impeach Mayorkas

Wednesday’s accident is one in every of many who have occurred on rural Texas highways in Gonzales’ district, which covers greater than 800 miles of the border. In March, Maria Alvarez Tambunga and her seven-year-old granddaughter had been killed whereas returning residence from a play date in Ozona, Texas. The Tambungas had been killed when a migrant smuggler making an attempt to evade authorities ran a pink gentle and struck their car. Two of the eleven migrants being transported by the smuggler additionally died within the accident.

Photo of Deceased Tambunga household courtesy of Preddy Funeral Home.

The newest try to impeach Secretary Mayorkas is a privileged decision that requires fast motion by Congress inside two legislative days. Congress won’t reconvene till Monday. The impeachment decision filed by Representative Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) attributes at least 1424 migrant deaths at the southern border to Mayorkas’ efficiency as DHS Secretary.

The decision accuses Mayorkas of ignoring his obligation to preserve operational management of the whole worldwide land and maritime borders of the United States underneath the Secure Fence Act of 2006. In addition to a myriad of statistics concerning encounters of migrants on the FBI’s Terror Watch List, Special Interest Migrants, and Unaccompanied Migrant Children, the impeachment decision highlights the greater than 70,000 Americans who died in 2022 from Fentanyl poisoning.

The impeachment decision will pressure newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La) to train one in every of a number of choices to handle the measure. The choices embrace bringing it to the ground for a vote, referring the measure to a committee, or the presentation of a movement to desk.

Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.  Prior to his retirement, he served because the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for 9 Border Patrol Stations inside the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.